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Love for something makes a man blind and deaf.

Proverbs and old sayings about blind, love, man

Never tell your story to a deaf man.

Proverbs and old sayings about man

To live in peace one must be blind, deaf, and mute.

Proverbs and old sayings Turkish about peace, blind

The rich become deaf and the mighty blind.

Proverbs and old sayings Vietnamese about blind, wealth

Mothers-in-law are fine so long as they are deaf and blind.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about law, blind

A deaf man heard how a mute told that a blind man has seen how a cripple walked.

Proverbs and old sayings Yiddish about blind, man

Kindness is a language, which the blind can see and the deaf can hear.

Proverbs and old sayings West African about language, blind

You can't be the head of a family unless you show yourself both stupid and deaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about family, heads

With money you can make the dead speak; without it you can't even keep the deaf quiet.

Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about quiet, money

Correct a wise man, and he will be grateful; correct a fool, and he will not only give a deaf ear, but send you off with a flea in your ear.

Proverbs and old sayings Latin about man

A man who is trampled to death by an elephant is a man who is blind and deaf.

Proverbs and old sayings Nigerian about blind, death, man